HSK 6 · Media

体裁 tǐcái “genre” in Chinese

Traditional 體裁

What 体裁 means

  1. genre
  2. literary form
  3. style
  4. form of writing

How to say 体裁

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale体tǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale裁cái2nd tone, rising

体裁 in a sentence

  1. 诗歌和小说是两种不同的体裁。

    Shīgē hé xiǎoshuō shì liǎng zhǒng bùtóng de tǐcái.

    Poetry and fiction are two different genres.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这篇作文的体裁不限。

    Zhè piān zuòwén de tǐcái bù xiàn.

    The essay can be written in any form.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 体裁 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 体 (tǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
体tǐbody
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 本root · běn

Memory aidA person 亻 and a root 本: the body.

The character 裁 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
裁cáito cut out
  • 十ten · shí
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 衣clothes · yī

How to write 体裁

体 7 strokes · 裁 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

体裁 (tǐcái) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 体裁 (tǐcái). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 体裁

Words with 体

身体shēntǐ · body体育tǐyù · physical training体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium体会tǐhuì · to know from experience体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)体现tǐxiàn · to embody体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself具体jùtǐ · specific集体jítǐ · collective (decision)媒体méitǐ · media

Words with 裁

总裁zǒngcái · president (of a company)裁缝cáifeng · tailor裁判cáipàn · referee裁员cáiyuán · to cut staff独裁dúcái · dictatorship制裁zhìcái · sanctions

More words: Media & Arts

时事shíshì · current affairs书法shūfǎ · calligraphy书籍shūjí · books题材tícái · subject matter童话tónghuà · fairy tale通讯tōngxùn · communication图案tú'àn · pattern问世wènshì · to be published

FAQs

体裁 (tǐcái) means “genre” or “literary form”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tǐcái: tǐ with a 3rd tone, then cái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 体裁 is written 體裁. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ticai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 体裁 from the suggestions. Typing ticai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
体裁 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.